A Scam Email with the Subject
"Attention Please"
was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on
Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:16:48 -0800 and has been classified as a
Generic Scam.
The sender was
Mr Elias <mrelias014@yahoo.com>,
although it may have been spoofed.
Scam Tag Cloud
africabarclaybankaccountclaimdepositcommissionbusinessfund transferreportmailpackagebank bank accountbank transfer recent bank this bank your bank designated bank mrelias014@yahoo.comattention will godyahoo.comach($7.5,50.m)dearnmr elias <mrelias014@... mr. elias appiah.years oldfinancial
NO CHART DATA - EMAIL HAS NOT YET BEEN ANALYSED
Scam Email Headers
This a (redacted) view of the raw email headers of this scam email. Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has been suppressed, but can be
supplied as received to appropriate agencies.
Domain Names used for collecting scam email ("Honeypot email accounts") have been obscured and replaced with the token 'HUN1P0T'
Community Action - SPAM/non-Scam Report
Occasionally, incorrectly categorized emails get into the Scamdex Scam Email Database and need to be removed. If this
email has Personally Identifiable Information (PII), or is, in your opinion, from a bona-fide entity, let us know.
Scamdex will, as soon as is practicable, take-down any emails that in our opinion should not
be in our database. Note that ALL emails in the Scamdex Scam Email Database were received as Unsolicited Commercial Email, aka UCE or
SPAM, via unpublished 'Honeypot' email addresses.
- DEAR FRIEND, MY NAME IS MR. ELIAS APPIAH. I AM THE REGIONAL MANAGER OF BARCLAYS BANK GHANA LTD, IN THE WESTERN REGION OF TAKORADI. I GOT YOUR INFORMATION ON A RECENT BANK CONFERENCE WITH OTHER WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES HELD IN LOME THE CAPITAL CITY OF TOGO IN WEST AFRICA. I WRITE YOU THIS PROPOSAL IN GOOD FAITH I AM 42 YEARS OLD MARRIED WITH TWO KIDS I AM A DEVOTED CHRISTIAN AND A MAN OF PEACE.I HAVE PACKAGED A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION THAT WILL BENEFIT YOU AND I AS THE REGIONAL MANAGER OF THE BARCLAYS BANK, IT IS MY DUTY TO SEND IN A FINANCIAL REPORT TO MY HEAD OFFICE IN THE CAPITAL CITY ACCRA AT THE END OF EACH BUSINESS YEAR ON THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR 2007 BUSINESS REPORT I DISCOVERED THAT MY BRANCH IN WHICH I AM THE MANAGER MADE SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUNSED US DOLLARS($7.5,50.M) WHICH MY HEAD OFFICE ARE NOT AWARE OF AND WILL NEVER BE AWARE OF IT. I HAVE PLACED THIS FUNDS ON WHAT WE CALL ESCROW ACCOUNT WITH NO BENEFICIARY AS AN OFFICER OF THIS BANK I CANNOT BE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THIS MONEY SO MY AIM OF CONTACTING YOU IS TO ASSIST ME RECEIVE THIS MONEY IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AND GET 20% OF THE TOTAL FUNDS AS COMMISSION THERE ARE PRACTICALLY NO RISK INVOLVED IT WILL BE A BANK TO BANK TRANSFER. ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS TO STAND AND CLAIM AS THE ORIGINAL DEPOSITOR OF THIS FUNDS WHO MADE THE DEPOSIT WITH MY BRANCH SO THAT MY HEAD OFFICE CAN ORDER THE TRANSFER TO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT. IF YOU ACCEPT TO WORK WITH ME I WILL APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. YOU CAN REACH ME ON MY EMAIL AS APPEARED ON THIS MAIL IF YOU THINK WE CAN WORK TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN GO OVER THE DETAILS.I WILL PROVIDE MY PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS ON YOUR REQUEST. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. BEST REGARD, MR.ELIAS APPIAH.
